Bobby Definition

bŏbē
bobbies
noun
A British policeman.
Webster's New World
A police officer.
American Heritage

(UK, slang) A railway signaller.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

Wiktionary

A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bobby

Noun

Singular:
bobby
Plural:
bobbies

Origin of Bobby

  • After Sir Robert Peel home secretary of England when the Metropolitan Police Force was created in 1829

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London's police force.

    From Wiktionary

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